Although White has been trying to persuade Butler to stay with the Timberwolves, Butler obeyed Tang Tian's words and chose to follow.

"Welcome back, Jimmy." Tang Tian was also a little excited on the phone.

He knows the role of Butler, that is, to strengthen PJ Tucker in second gear, and to integrate offense and defense. He will be the spiritual leader on the Nets and will also share a lot of pressure for Deron.

The 4-year top salary contract of 72.56 million US dollars, because the playing time in the NBA is not long, and the "Rose clause" has not been triggered.

Even after signing Butler and before renewing the contract with Yi Jianlian, the Nets have room to take a similar maximum salary contract, such as Millsap.

However, that operation also means that the Nets will have to repay luxury taxes in the future, and considering Jokic and Devin Booker's renewal, it is not wise to sign such a contract.

And the most important point is that player training needs the ball right, and blindly signing All-Star players will lose both.

But the Nets' road to reinforcements didn't stop there.

After signing a contract with Butler, the Nets followed up with Barton for a three-year 12 million contract with a team option in the final year.

After this series of signing operations, the Nets' lineup has also become much more substantial.

Tang Tian also started to calculate the salary space of the Nets.

The team's existing contracts: Deron (0 million) + Butler (15.26 million) + Livingston (5 million) + Bojan Bogdanovic ($ 3.43 million) + McGrady (2.5 million) = 47.19 million.

Counting the rookie contract of Taylor Johnson, Jonathan Simmons, Pralim, Devin Booker and Jefferson is about 7 million, which is about 54 million.

(Note: Yi Jianlian and Button are renewing their contracts and can be operated on the cap, so they can be left out for the time being.)

Prior to this, the league announced that the salary cap for the new season was $ 70 million and the luxury tax trigger line was $ 84.7 million.

Then there are two options for the Nets.

The first is to directly sign 3 players with base salary. Counting Yi Jianlian and Button (who total salary is about 16 million) make up a starting lineup of 15 people, then the salary is just above the salary cap.

The second is to sign another high-quality ten-million-level player or open a few million-level contract to control the total salary below the luxury tax.

Last year's Nets record was much better than expected, which made fans expect a lot from them in the new season, so Tang Tian actually chose the second method without much consideration.

At the level of 10 million, according to the salary calculation, the maximum space salary that can be given is 16 million (7000-5400), if the luxury tax line is 10 million (8470-7100-2 basic salary).

In other words, this will probably be a contract with a starting salary of 10 to 16 million.

Because Jokic's rookie contract can be used for 3 years, 3 or 4 years with the team option is the most suitable contract.

A relatively clear contract, there are not many players in the free agent market worth this price.

Sixers Thaddeus Young, Cavaliers Iman Shumpert, Mavericks Tyson Chandler and Monta Ellis, Rajon Rondo, Pistons Monroe, Thunder Middleton, Spurs 'Bellinelli, Danny Green, and Raptors' Amir Johnson.

Of course, there are some who can choose to jump out without performing player options, such as Jeff Green of the Grizzlies, Ruhr Deng of the Bulls, and Eric Gordon of the Pelicans.

Considering the Nets lineup, the choice is really not that big.

Signing Jeff Glenn, Thaddeus Young, or Ruhr Deng can give the team power forward depth, and they are all swinging at the 3/4 position and have great mobility.

If you sign Bellinelli or Eric Gordon, then you can consider directly starting Booker, so the bench fire will be very fierce.

"We have other options. Louis Williams has played under you. He is only seven years old now. We still have room to win other power forwards." Jones gave Tang Tian more suggestions. .

This is indeed an option.

After thinking about it, Tang Tian eventually chose Eric Gordon.

Gordon has changed from an All-Star to a second-tier player due to injuries. His strength and talents have been re-proved in the Rockets.

This time should be the time when his market price is the lowest, and low income has always been Tang Tian's favorite thing.

And the system is about to move. If Gordon recovers, the Nets will just pick up an All-Star player.

Jones was instructed to begin negotiations with Gordon's team soon.

Due to injuries, Gordon's market conditions are not good. He and his team both tend to complete the contract and seek a new contract next summer. After all, his last year's contract is worth more than 15 million.

However, Jones is an old churros after all, and has a strong ability to negotiate.

After some contact, the two sides quickly reached a contract with a starting salary of 12.39 million and a 53-year contract of 53 million, of which the fourth year is a player option.

Considering that the contracts of Livingston and Tracy McGrady both expire, this contract will not cause too much burden on the Nets.

After winning the teams, the Nets' strength has obviously increased by more than one grade.

Point guards: Deron, Livingston, Taylor Johnson, TJ McConaughey

Guards: Devin Booker, Eric Gordon, Will Barton

Small forwards: Jimmy Butler, Tracy McGrady, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jonathan Simmons, Jefferson

Power forward: Yi Jianlian

Centers: Jokic, Pralim

This lineup is a bit top-heavy, and follow-up transactions have to be followed up.

After weighing, Tang Tian put Bojan Bogdanovic on the shelf again.

Unlike Bogdan, Boyang was basically squeezed out of the roster in the playoffs last season, and his defense is a problem in high-level confrontation.

However, his outstanding three-point shooting ability has been proved. In the era of small balls, players like him are not short of the market.

Boyang's deal has not yet been carried out, and the other teams have signed agreements.

Brook Lopez and the Suns reached a three-year, $ 60 million contract extension ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ The Nuggets and Millsap reached a three-year, 58 million contract extension, of which the third year is a player option.

Love and the Cavaliers signed a five-year 110 million maximum salary contract.

James and the Cavaliers signed a two-year maximum salary contract with a player option. His economic team is also seeking to maximize his benefits as before.

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Mark Gasol, Jordan Jr., Draymond Green, Danny Green, Middleton, etc. have also reached agreement with the mother team.

Most of the free agent market this year chose to stay with the mother team.

However, some people did the opposite. The Pacers' David West announced that he had jumped out of his 12.6 million contract in the last year.

After jumping out, he just let go and did not chase a higher salary, but just hoped to be able to join a championship team and meet his championship dream. 8)